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2015 First Place Winner! 

2/3/2015

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2015 First Place Winner for the second time in a row.
Today it's official! The Texas Association of Authors has announced that "Border Ghosts" won first place in the Police/Crime Fiction division. I jumped the gun and announced it on my Facebook author page a few days early. That's a long story that doesn't bear repeating here (or anywhere!)  I won, so I'm entitled to a little bit of early yada, yada, yada, right?


I'm thrilled. I'm proud. I'm grateful. I've laughed and cried and happy-danced about it. I'm also a nervous wreck that I'll never do it again. That's one heck of a lot of emotion and random thoughts banging around in the head of a woman who is trying to write. I already have so many things going on in my head I wonder when it will explode. Or maybe it has. 


I'm working on the next Deputy Ricos tale and planning the next and so on. It's not enough to win an award. I have to keep writing.  And OMG, the pressure to make it measure up. 


It all began so innocently. Well, it wasn't 100% innocence.  I wanted a woman to die and I killed her. End of story, right? Wrong. I opened a dam. 


Sometimes when I sit staring at my uncooperative laptop (it won't write unless I'm typing on it) I wonder if I'm doing the right thing.  What have I started?     


Here I am, showing off Border Ghosts  at Front Street  Books.  
The author and her new born book.
10 Comments
Antonio Franco
2/3/2015 02:10:18 am

Yay! Well deserved.
It's like riding a bike. If you think about it you''ll fall, but your body never really forgets how to do it. You will surprise yourself by writing another great novel, whether the Texas Association of Authors recognizes it or not, we your readers know you will.

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Beth
2/3/2015 04:03:44 am

Thank you, Tony. I hope what you say is true.

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Lee Porche link
2/3/2015 02:43:13 am

Border Ghosts is a great book and this award is well deserved. Congratulations, Beth.

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Beth
2/3/2015 04:04:51 am

Thank you, Lee. And many thanks for your great editing!

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Dino link
2/3/2015 04:10:27 am

Congratulations! You are a fantastic writer - I am proud to be your biggest fan.

Dino

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Beth
2/3/2015 04:55:15 am

Thank you, Dino! I'm your diehard fan. I hope you know that!

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Tim McKenna
2/3/2015 06:12:35 am

Congratulations, Beth. I never had a doubt. I'm trying to figure out how to sneak a copy of each of your books to Robert Redford so we can see the movie, also. Keep up the great work.

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Beth
2/5/2015 02:28:38 am

LOL! Go for it, Tim!

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Barbara Wales
2/3/2015 09:22:19 am

Congrats, Beth. I know there are many more awards, and books, in your future. And I can say I knew you when.
💂⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Beth
2/5/2015 02:27:47 am

Thank you, Barbara!

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